Sunday, October 4, 2009

THE ART OF DECEPTIONControlling the Human Element of SecurityKEVIN D. MITNICK& William L. SimonForeword by Steve Wozniak

For Reba Vartanian, Shelly Jaffe, Chickie Leventhal, and MitchellMitnick, and for the late Alan Mitnick, Adam Mitnick, and Jack Biello

For Arynne, Victoria, and David, Sheldon,Vincent, and Elena.

Social EngineeringSocial Engineering uses influence and persuasion to deceive peopleby convincing them that the social engineer is someone he is not,or by manipulation. As a result, the social engineer is able to takeadvantage of people to obtain information with or without the use oftechnology.